Instituto
INSTITUTO CAJAL

Head researcher
JOSE LUIS TREJO PEREZ

Lifestyle and Cognition


Research on the mediating mechanisms of lifestyle effects on brain and cognition, with special attention to physical exercise and stress. The group has focused in recent years on the associated neural plasticity mechanisms, with special emphasis on the inter- and trans-generational effects of the exercise that imply epigenetic mechanisms, as well as the relations between pain and memory.

Main specialization

Área de investigación:
Disciplina ERC:
  • LS - LIFE SCIENCES
  • LS5 Neurosciences and Neural Disorders
Industrial Leadership:
  • 7. Other
  • 7.1. Other
Societal Challenges:
  • 1. Health, demographic change and wellbeing
  • 1.04. Understanding disease